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The presence of platelet-activating factor-like activity in human spermatozoa
B S Minhas1, R Kumar, D D Ricker
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, East Tennessee State University, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City 37614.
Fertility and Sterility
|February 1, 1991
Abstract:
Evidence is provided for the existence of platelet-activating factor (PAF)-like activity in the lipid extracts of human spermatozoa. The PAF content of human spermatozoa based on [3H]-serotonin release from washed rabbit platelets was noted to be 1.45 pmol/10(8) sperm cells in highly purified motile spermatozoa. No PAF activity was associated with the seminal fluid. Platelet-activating factor content of spermatozoa may be related to its fertility potential.